Superfoods

Why and What Are They??

How does Salmon, Eggs, Broccoli and a few other similar foods get claimed as Superfoods? What is the true definition of ‘Superfoods’?

I would like to share with you my beliefs, thoughts, journey with Superfoods and please know I am not here to claim that they cure things BUT I will share that they are nutrient dense foods that feed the body well and or at a cellular level. As I say to people there is a BIG difference between eating and feeding the body.

I have also been paying attention to all the food blogs out there now and really truly have lost some interest in the whole game. I know for me personally, with my history of my eating pattern that Superfoods – true Superfoods have helped me with my health and conscious eating!!

Superfoods should be clean, organic, non-gmo and nutrient dense. Our society has been lead to believe in the SAD Food Pyramid – don’t you just love it – I am big on becoming aware of programming that has been feed to me, society or that I have engaged in. SAD – Standard American Diet – SAD – yup don’t need to go much into detail there!! 🙂 Diet – I so try to use other words as our bodies hear all – die – we don’t want or need to diet we need to eat to live, eat for optimal health. Pyramid – most people have issues with pyramids (sorry couldn’t resist).

What I have also noticed is people don’t really understand Superfoods, what they are or how to use them outside of a Green drink, which I truly believe if most people even gave up pop (or soda) and or coffee (at least reduced it) and drank even one truly real Green drink a day, they would feel so much healthier, clearer or better!

My focus is going to be more on Superfoods, which ones I use / like, how to use them and creating more recipes with Superfoods. It’s become a natural thing for me but I realize so many people are stuck and no wonder when I google Superfoods and what they are its rather confusing.

I will be going into detail over the next few weeks on Kamut, Spirulina, Chlorella, Hemp, Maca, Activated Barley, Rice Bran Solubles, Chia, Camelina, Raw Cacao, Tumeric and a few others!! Sharing how to incorporate them more in your foods and meals and recipes – I just created for my beloved a Raw Chocolate Cheesecake with Superfoods – you can’t tell and it still tasted so yummy!! Recipe coming soon!

I feel that sharing and helping people learn about Green foods and Superfoods is so important these days – we have been misled, misguided and advertise to for profits not health.

Labelling is a joke these days and when I walk through a grocery store and look around and see that more than 95% of the store is catered to processed packaged foods and I don’t care what label is on it – natural, organic, added nutrition, gluten free it’s not for the most part real foods.

People look at me funny or give me the line ‘Green foods aren’t real foods’ to which I have learned to reply with a question ‘When did twinkles, hot dogs, pizza, pop, chips, (and I do use a few others) become real foods?” Who made them? Was it for health or profit?

So come back, check in and feel free to share as we start on the journey of learning about, using and eating more Superfoods in your way of eating!!

Purium Superfood Treats

Purium Superfood Treats

Since I use an love Purium an the Ignite Road Trip is on and about half way through the tour with 100’s of people c coming out, I thought I would include this recipe!! If you are curious about Purium, why Purium, why green foods, why David Sandoval or Amy Venner then join 100’s of other people attending these events (if it’s not already too late) and getting tapped in, tuned in and turned on to the wave of the future and the importance of Green food!!!

If you think you would like to try this recipe then feel free to check out the Purium products ( Tropical oil aka Coconut Oil – probably the best I’ve tried, Activated Barley and the L.O.V Live Organic Vegan ), contact me with any questions or go straight to order these products and use the $50 Gift Card (code is eatinghealthy) or better yet you already have these products and can use them right away!! Yes you could substitute them as well and I will give suggestions yet it just won’t be as tasty or probably nutritious – ok I may be a little biased here but I know what I know!! 🙂

Please note – most of Purium’s products are foods and they are live, vegan, organic (certified whenever possible) AND NON-gmo.

Can roll that in shredded raw Coconut or raw Cacao Powder with some Monk fruti sugar (or other type if wanted any sugar at all – not needed)

Keep in fridge

Makes great snacks, treats and since it’s loaded with nutrition and the Activated Barley (slow burning germinated carb) you will have sustained energy!! If all ingredients are raw, including the almond butter you have a tasty and live treat!

Lost in August

Wow – Summer has flown by!! Maybe because I’ve been travelling and still am – meeting some amazing people, seeing some great new laces, restaurants and food – of course healthy food!!

Del Mar Sunset

I sometimes wonder if I am making a difference in the world or people’s lives as I think that people know about our food, our planet, better choices etc and then I go travelling and realize there is still a big job out there!!

Yes I hung out in my flip flops mostly (I so love that) spent some time at the beach (oh never enough), tried some amazing raw treats and deserts that I can’t get buy in BC and got my creative juices going on creating more recipes – I do love California and can’t wait to spend more time here.

Venice Beach

Got to see some amazing live bands, pick fresh veggies from an amazing garden, clean garlic, have a camp fire, swim,walk in many new neighbourhoods, play tourist (yes a little) sweat tons (it’s hot in Palm Springs), deepen my commitment to myself and my relationship, raw a rattler (no time to get camera) and I could go on………..

And I so love sunsets – I never get tired of seeing beautiful sunsets!!

Del Mar

San Diego

One of the many reasons I love being part of Purium!! David Sandoval and Amy Venner have made it their mission to help wake people up to better health, real foods, whole foods, super foods, to leave less of a carbon footprint in the world and to offer choices – healthy ones that the food giants would prefer you don’t know about.

David Sandoval & Amy Venner

No Purium is not just another co that made a product to see how much they could sell and make it a little healthier than products you find on most store shelves.

Purium 47 City tour

Purium is doing a 47 City tour in 47 Days – here is the link to see if one is near you – I highly highly recommend going to one if you can – it may just change your life in more ways than one!

I also took time on this trip to fully and really be present – yes I took pictures as that is one of my favourite things to do but I also was present and enjoyed the moment – so many great moments – isn’t that what life truly is about?

More great things are coming this fall withy blog so please feel free to share, come back, sign up for a Free healthy Eating Made Easy – as it should not be hard, complicated, boring or expensive!!

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Super Foods for Super People

I just had an older video clip with David Sandoval shared with me and I had to share it with others as it is totally about eating healthy!!

In this short clip he talks about models, anorexia, bulimia, why superfoods and the rewards for eating this way! How the 10 Day Transformation got started as Super Food for Super Models!! If you have read my About Me page, you know I struggle with an eating disorder for a long time, I know that consuming super foods helps huge in many areas especially some of the damage that I did to my body years ago – the body is happy being fed nutrient dense foods – you will feel a difference.

Some great info here.

Another great vid – I love this guy and how he is truly helping people get off the process crap!! 🙂

Since it’s Springtime and I am spring cleaning my home, I also decided to do my body, we all can use a little spring cleaning and that is why Purium has also included the MAYhem special. First I would like to share another short video on our food pollution – don’t think it’s doesn’t effect you or you eat well? Think again, you may be surprised!!

David’s Food Philosophy

This is NOT a diet or a quick fix but a lifestyle – one that takes you closer to health. Everything we put into our mouths leads us closer to health & vitality or further from it.

Does Natural Mean Healthy??

On the sidewalks outside the Expo

As you may (or may not) know I have been travelling for the past 6 weeks. In that traveling time we found out about the Anaheim Natural Food Expo and what an adventure!! Glad we stayed the extra days – 3 full days – and we only saw a little more than half – it was a tad overwhelming but we also met a ton of very cool people, made some new friends and got to sample many new products!

I woke up feeling not great on Monday morning, – which got me to really thinking. Yes there was a ton of samples to sample – Organic Chocolate – mostly Cane Sugar, many different Bars, Cookies, Chips, Nacho Chips, Brownies, and I could go on – sweeten, unsweeten, natural,organic, non-gmo and some even raw, lots of different health drinks and Kombucha, Coconut Water and different types of nut mylks.

The one thing that so much of it had in common, no matter what label was on it as far as being Organic, Natural, Non-Gmo was that it was dead or processed. No, not the raw samples – and there was some of that and what was there was very good!

Non-Gmo

I was a little choosey I will admit and didn’t sample just anything but did let my taste buds take over somewhat especially with the chocolate I will be honest – but how I felt on Monday was a big sign of ‘oh man this is not worth it!!’ I woke up feeling tired, achey, foggy, a tad grumpy and really out of sorts – I don’t know if it was the sugar I am not sued too, too much processed yet natural foods I am not used to or anything else – I do know that it wasn’t fun!

I got to thinking and wondering – how many people wake up like this each day, better yet, how many people wake up like this each day and think it’s normal!!??

Here is my question for you……..Just because it’s labeled ‘natural, ‘organic’ or ‘gluten free’ (which by the way is the latest trend) is it really healthy for you?

Yes and NO

Yes – for the reason being that many times the ingredients are of better quality, may also be ingredients that are non-gmo, and may not have asm much additives, fillers etc

No – as labeling can be somewhat misleading. One ingredient could be ‘natural’ and the rest all garbage, as an example. I suggest to still read the labels, don’t assume.

Another reason is – packaged food for the most part is dead foods (unless of course it is live or raw) and dead food is just that. Our bodies truly need more live foods and raw foods. Not everyone can be, myself included 100% raw, it may work fine for some people. Depending on where one lives – like I do in Vancouver where it rains most of the winter – it’s damp – I like some soups, Quinoa, Lentils etc sometimes in winter, but I still incorporate many live foods, lots of whole foods and of course superfoods.

That I believe makes a huge difference. I have been tested a couple of times like this and it ends up the same way. For me this time, I stepped back and really thought hard about how to move forward with my blog in the best way to share what I do and love for many people and it is to create more healthy yet tasty and easy recipes and many that are nutrient dense.

It was great to see so many vendors, to see that people ware wanting better,healthier choices, and people are waking up and people know that many illnesses are because of the things we are eating, it’s time to make changes – because if we keep doing what we’ve been doing, we will keep getting what we’ve got and so far people are getting bigger and sicker every year – it is not getting better!!

Chef Be Live

Had the honour and privilege of meeting Chef Be Live, who is blazing a trail for people in the raw food world, has created recipes with David Sandoval for Purium, is going live on air soon and a very cool guy!!

Keep stopping by and please feel free to share this.

Jodi

PS – One of the cool things on our journey was because we make our health a priority, eating in most restaurants is not on our list. Yet we had some of the best 5 star seats wit nature being able to watch beautiful sunsets.

Sarah’s Raw Vegan Cafe

We also met a lady named Sarah and her husband David, in Bend Oregon that has a beautiful raw, vegan cafe and was expanding it while there since her business is growing!!! She served us a delicious yummy tasting Superfood hot beverage and we bought some amazing tasting raw treats that she has created!! What a beautiful, energetic, caring being she is and I look forward to connecting again with her – no wonder her business is expanding!

Greens

They are tastier and easier than you think to eat!!

since being on the road there are a few things I am so grateful for!!

One is the preparing ahead of time and bringing some healthy foods / snacks with us as there was nothing and I mean NOTHING at any gas stations or stops to eat – yes there was a ton of junk or franken foods but NO REAL FOODS – how sad.

We even stopped by a grocery store in that had NO fresh food – their produce section was being fixed or redone – the whole thing – so nothing in that store was fresh or alive!!!

the other thing that has made travelling easy is our Purium products – yes I am definitely going to promote them here as not only are they alive, vegan ,organic and non-gmo when none of those things we could find, but also handy, dried (yes still live as they were dried at very low temperatures) but also convenient.

So instead of settling for the crap, fake processed foods on the shelves – we have been able to stick with Whole foods and Superfoods that are live and fresh – Purium and not as we planned ahead,more prepared, didn’t give into temptation, laziness, excuses plus we know how crappy, gassy and bloated we would feel eating anything but!!

its truly incredible when you really start feeding the body instead of just eating how good you can feel – most of us don’t know how good we can feel and its pretty amazing and keeps getting better!!!!

A quick and easy and oh my so tasty salad we threw together one night after attending the locals farmers market.

– fresh mustard greens

– fresh mixed sprouts

– toasted fresh pecans in coconut oil (usually I use Tamari for roasting / toasting nuts) this was

Neil Young bans Starbucks!!

My blog really isn’t about all the crap that is in our foods, but it is good to know and be aware – we as consumers and eaters I believe do have that right and sometimes it takes big names to stand up and say NO More!!

Neil Young Times

WE each do and can make a difference – the best way is by learning, being aware AND choosing something different!!

Have been travelling and the rest stops / pit stops are full of junk / processed foods – another good thing about Purium is it’s easy to travel with and because the body is being fed (like I always say difference between eating and feeding the body) we eat less and brought our own healthy foods so being able to stop in the rest areas and enjoy some nature – life can be easy and beautiful!!

Healthy Eating

Met up with some friends today and headed out to the Non-Gmo and Gluten Free Expo in downtown Vancouver.

My eyes truly got opened up today holy crap!! No wonder people truly are confused about healthy eating!!!

It’s great to see people standing up and bringing out information on GMO’s and what they are about and products – whether packaged or fresh to the public. If you don’t know much I highly recommend watching Genetic Roulette and GMO OMG – we truly need to be aware especially for our kids!!

You will see this sign on your food and it will appear on more foods in the future!

What really opened my eyes up today and actually sadden me for a bit until I realized wow I really am on a mission and love where I am at!!

This Gluten free thing has gotten way out of hand, please don’t get me wrong – I know if someone has Celiac disease it is very serious.

I think though it’s the new way to sell package foods – it doesn’t matter that it has copious amounts of sugar, palm oil, canola oil to name just a few but so much is being labelled gluten free is kind of a joke. I mean I know there is wheat in so many products that really shouldn’t be BUT they are processed products – I don’t care how much ‘natural’, ‘organic’ or other label they slap on it – it’s still processed even when labelled ‘Gluten Free’ and that is a good part of the problem.

Yes i know our crops are sprayed with Round Up – what you didn’t know that?? Watch the documentaries. The best way to deal with that is eat way more whole foods, real foods and super foods from Mother Nature – notice there are no labels? The more fresh and whole the better.

It’s been a busy start to the New Year for me but after today it has only shown me that I need to stand up and be louder – people are being fooled and their health is more important than that!!